BlockBrixey, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65618. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockbridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1937 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Buckhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Rockbridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Brixey between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,162 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 41 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179590-07749-08312019-2330 |
| 24 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brixey in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brixey | $10,000 | Trees, power lines, and road signs were blown down across much of the county due to severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brixey | $2,000 | Several trees and power lines were reported down. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Brixey | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Brixey | - | Highway N was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Brixey | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Brixey | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Brixey | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brixey | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Brixey | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Brixey | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Brixey | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Brixey | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740694. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.